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Posts Share Fake Che...: Posts Share Fake Chelsea Clinton Quote About Global Childhood Vaccination Effort An international initiative called the Big Catch-Up aims to increase vaccination among children who have missed routine vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. In describing the project, Chelsea Clinton did not say it was time to “force-jab every unvaccinated child in America,” no (Source: FactCheck.org)

Pants-Fire: “Se filtran fotos” de “satanista enseñando sus Rituales y Adoración a lucifer a niños en bibliotecas de Estados Unidos”. Unas fotos de satanistas enseñando rituales a niños en bibliotecas públicas de los Estados Unidos han sido creadas con inteligencia artificial.Se trata de un montaje de la creadora digital The Pumpkin Empress, que se dedica a la producción de contenido "espeluznante".El SatanCon es un encuentro anual organizado por The Satanic Temple, que este año se celebró en Boston del 28 al 30 de abril. (Source: PolitiFact)

Pauline Hanson says...: Pauline Hanson says Labor broke an 'election promise' on migration. Did it even exist? CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab recapping the latest in the world of fact checking and misinformation. It draws on the work of FactLab's researchers and journalists, including its CrossCheck unit, and of its sister organisation, RMIT ABC Fact Check . You can su (Source: RMIT ABC)

Research In Progress: As of May 2023, YouTuber MrBeast had bought up nearly an entire neighborhood in Greenville, North Carolina, for his family, friends, and employees. About this rating In May 2023, the New York Post published a story claiming that the YouTube megastar MrBeast had been purchasing properties in a neighborhood just outside Greenville, North Carolina, where he resides. The report stated that he had purchased five separate homescen (Source: Snopes)

False: UTIs are caused by infidelity and pH imbalances Cheating, pH imbalance have no connection to urinary tract infections | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Ohio mother of two reunites with nursing staff that saved her life Bianca Arnold met with the doctors who saved her life after she was diagnosed with COVID and in a coma. Cleveland ClinicThe claim: UTIs are caused by infidelity and pH imbalancesA May 3 Instagram video features one woman telling another about her friend's experience being diagnosed with urinary tract infections. Infidelity and pH imbalance don't cause UTIsUTIs are caused by bacteria entering the urethra and infecting the urinary tract, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Sexual intercourse has been associated with increased risk of urinary tract infections in women, but this is not from passage of a urinary pathogen from partner to partner," Clifton said in an email. "Developing an uncomplicated urinary tract infection does not mean your partner is cheating." (Source: USA Today)

False: Donovanosis is a flesh-eating sexually transmitted disease Donovanosis causes ulcers, is not 'flesh-eating' | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption STDs like syphilis and gonorrhea drastically rising in US The CDC is now asking for hundreds of millions in federal funding to combat the increasing rates. Buzz60The claim: Donovanosis is a flesh-eating sexually transmitted diseaseA May 3 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) warns of a disease it claims can have devastating effects on the body. “All jokes aside, there’s a literal flesh eating STD out there called Donovanosis, and they out there eating randoms!” reads the post. Fact check: Monkeypox can spread to anyone through close contactThe bacteria that causes donovanosis is called Klebsiella granulomatis and can spread through close skin-to-skin contact. Still, those areas only see “sporadic” donovanosis cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Source: USA Today)